As part of Brain Injury Awareness Month, our Trauma Program Injury Prevention Team discusses traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and steps you can take to prevent them.

If you’re planning to hit the water this summer, it’s important to take the appropriate safety steps to prevent drowning.

​​​​​​​Motor vehicle crashes are a serious preventable public health concern and are among the leading causes of injury and death across the United States, killing nearly 100 people every day. Seatbelts are the single most effective safety device when it comes to preventing injury and death in motor vehicle crashes.

Blood clots occur naturally in the human body in response to bleeding - but sometimes, clots can form in the wrong place, and the results can be serious. Learn more about DVT and how it's treated.

It's important that you get the care you need — particularly for substance or alcohol use disorder — during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Motherhood can be tough, but many moms feel like they have to hide that fact. A South Shore Health midwife talks about mom guilt and how to cope with these feelings throughout pregnancy–and beyond.

A driver’s license is a symbol of freedom, an indicator that a teen is ready to hit the road and go wherever he or she wants to go. Unfortunately, for too many teens, driving can be deadly. Motor vehicle accidents are among the leading causes of death for teens in the United States.